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The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), James Iha (guitar/vocals), D'arcy Wretzky (bass/vocals), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums/percussion) for most of the band's recording career.
Disavowing the punk rock roots shared by many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica. Frontman Billy Corgan is the group's primary songwriter—his grand musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land".
The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, 1993's Siamese Dream. The group built their audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, 1995's double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. (read more)
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Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
June bug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
1979 Lyrics
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Top Albums
Zeitgeist
Including: United States, Pomp and Circumstances, That's the Way (My Love Is), and more...
Release Date: 07/10/2007
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Including: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Farewell and Goodnight, 1979, and more...
Release Date: 10/24/1995
Adore
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Including: Tear, The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete, For Martha, and more...
Release Date: 06/02/1998
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How to play Smashing Pumpkins songs
Smashing Pumpkins Anthology (Recorded Version (Guitar))
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Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
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Today
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- Siamese Dream is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993. All songs were written by Billy Corgan, except where noted. 1. "Cherub Rock" ââ?¬â?? 4:58 ...
- Smashing Pumpkins - The Edge (2000) Flac
- Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins Title: The Edge Venue: The Edge, Palo Alto, California Date: February 6, 2000 Label: Stadium Studios Catalogue No: SS057 Here we have an excellent soundboard show from the Smashing Pumpkins 2000 tour. ...
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